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Dan River Water Inc

Serves an area of Rockingham County, NC that includes Eden and Wentworth · 12,000 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 17 monitoring/reporting issues for Dan River Water Inc in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NC0279040
  • EDEN
  • NC
  • 12,000 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 27288
EPA system ID NC0279040

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
2
Unresolved
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
17

Key facts

  • Dan River Water Inc buys its water from City of Eden.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2025.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, October 2025.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2025 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved No
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Active No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Public Notice
OTHER
 Oct 10, 2025 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jul 4, 2025 Active
Enforcement action in place
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Nov 25, 2024 Active
Enforcement action in place
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Active
Enforcement action in place
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2024 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2024 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2024 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2024 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Aug 7, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Dan River Water Inc go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (7 resolved) and 20 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 3
2000s 1 13
2010 to October 18, 2016 6 4
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 5
2020s 3 12

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began July 2016, Resolved.

Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.091 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.091 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.091 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2006 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators and EPA took 18 formal enforcement actions against Dan River Water Inc between 2008 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2025.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 22, 2025 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Public Notice
Aug 6, 2025 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Jun 6, 2025 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jan 30, 2025 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Dec 17, 2024 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Sep 20, 2024 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jul 18, 2024 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Mar 2, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Oct 14, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Public Notice
Nov 20, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Aug 6, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
May 14, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Oct 21, 2016 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Mar 13, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Dec 12, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Oct 17, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 5 violations (5 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Aug 13, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Nov 18, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

2 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Dan River Water Inc buys its water from City of Eden. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Dan River Water Inc.

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Annual water quality report

Dan River Water Inc must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by North Carolina.

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